206 BCE - 9 CE
H. 17.4 x Diam. 17.1 cm (6 7/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
Terracotta
6th century BCEEtruscanMetal
20th centuryGermanJian ware: dark gray stoneware with dark brown glaze. Recovered from the kilns at Shuiji, Jianyang county, Fujian province
12th-13th centuryChineseSilver
17th-19th centuryFrenchLacquer
ChineseCizhou ware: light gray stoneware with decoration painted in black slip on a white-slip ground under a clear glaze, the clear glaze then covered all over with a lead-fluxed emerald-green glaze; with brush-written inscription on the interior of the foot ring
12th-13th centuryChinese'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over incised and carved decoration, the interior with appliqué containers, stylized sculpture, and leaf stems, the appliqué elements touched with iron-brown slip to add areas of localized color in firing. Probably from a kiln in Fujian province.
12th-13th centuryChineseFritware with molded decoration under white glaze
12th-13th centuryPersianFritware with carved decoration under turquoise (copper) transparent alkali glaze
12th centuryCast bronze with integrally cast intaglio archaistic mark
19th centuryChineseBlue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Kangxi nian zhi" on the base
ChinesePale green glass